What you can’t learn from ‘The Crown’ about the Queen’s intruder
Season 4 of The Crown takes place over most of the 1980s, one of the royal’s family’s more eventful decades. The real story of Michael Fagan’s 1982 break-in to the…
We ate edible insects while playing Bugsnax. (Don’t ask.)
The video game Bugsnax is all about catching half-bug, half-snack creatures within a mysterious island. We wanted to get the full Bugsnax experience so we decided to eat some bugs…
Experts weigh in on food and climate change: ‘There’s a lot of unlearning that needs to happen’
Mashable’s Social Good Series continues this month with another expert panel, “Food for the Future,” which focused on diets — what we eat, how we get it, and whether or…
Here’s how scientists tracked, traced, and destroyed the first ‘murder hornet’ nest found in the U.S.
Scientists located the nest in Washington state by attaching small tracking devices to the hornets and following them back to their nest. They then removed the nest using a vacuum…
How to combat online harassment: empathy and accountability
The importance of power, accountability, and rest were central themes of this month’s livestream panel for Mashable’s Social Good Series, which engaged three online advocates about what it will take…
Cedric The Entertainer becomes a comedy mentor in ‘The Opening Act’
Ray White about 3 hours ago Cedric The Entertainer plays the role of fictional legendary comedian Billy G in the upcoming film ‘The Opening Act.’ He takes Jimmy O. Yang’s…
Like underwater rainforests, vertical farms grow crops sustainably and rebuild ecosystems
Zero-input underwater farms, which means growing food without the need for freshwater, fertilizer, or feed, could be the most sustainable way to produce food in the era of climate change.…
Meteorologist Eric Holthaus believes we can reverse climate change effects by 2050. Is it possible?
Eric Holthaus, a climate reporter and meteorologist, wants to remind you that you are born at exactly the right time in history to help reverse the damage we have caused…
Why you should always question algorithms
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. When algorithms work for us, they’re invisible. We’re vaguely aware that we’re…
Why historian Rutger Bregman thinks that now, of all times, is the moment to be hopeful about the future
Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian, perhaps best known for absolutely thrashing tax-avoiding billionaires at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos. It’s not hard to trace how a global…